In September, Li Zhi sat in the ball hall of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, looking at the dazzling art paintings on the walls.

Portrait painter Rembrandt's "Night Watch" caught Li Zhi's attention. In the paintings of this era, it is an innovation to be able to creatively use the layered technique of stage effect to show the main and secondary of the characters. So Rembrandt's paintings look a little different from the others.

The whole painting shows a high aesthetic standard. Such a painting appeared in the seventeenth century, and it really shows the level of civilization of white Europeans.

Li Zhi looked at the painting for a while, and then looked at a statue of Bernini. According to the Austrian court attendant next to it, the name of this statue is called "Altar of St. Teresa", which was obtained from Rome by the Austrian ruler and Holy Roman Emperor at great expense. It is said that if it weren't for the bad relationship between Bernini and Alexander VII, Bernini's works would not have left Rome at all.

The figures of the sculpture are lifelike and full of beauty.

The entire hall is covered with works of art and looks magnificent. If the three halls of the Forbidden City feel majestic, full of suffocating hints of power, the palaces of European princes are full of luxury, pride, and a sense of superiority that seems to be imprinted in the bones.

European princes always seem to be flaunting their artistic appreciation and flaunting their unusual talents.

Li Zhi finally turned his back to the front entrance of the hall and looked at the huge fresco on the wall, "The Triumph of Holy Rome" by the Austrian court painter Boretti.

This painting was lost to later generations, but in Li Zhi's opinion, it was very exquisite.

The Hofburg Imperial Palace is the palace of the Holy Roman Empire, which is considered the most orthodox empire in Europe and has a status like no other. Although over time, the Holy Roman Empire had already existed in name only, and the throne was entrenched by the Habsburgs. After the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, the Grand Dukes, Marquises, and Counts of the Empire did not take the Viennese Emperor seriously.

But in any case, only such an empire existed in Europe in the XVII century.

The Hofburg Imperial Palace, the palace of the Holy Roman Empire, is also a special presence in Europe, arguably the highest standard palace in Europe.

Of course, this palace is already under the control of the Tiger Army. After more than a year of campaigning, the number of Tiger Ben troops transferred to Europe has exceeded 250,000, more than 1,000 ships of various types, and 170,000 samurai troops have been transferred to cooperate in the battle. Therefore, Li Zhi now has relatively sufficient manpower to occupy Europe.

Li Zhi now occupied Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Romania, Hungary, southern Sweden, and northern Germany.

Except for Cromwell, who led LinkedIn to surrender as a whole, other European kings chose to flee. Large numbers of European aristocrats fled to the mountains between southern Germany and Switzerland in an attempt to fight guerrillas.

But these nobles were unwilling to give up their modest use, and they were unwilling to enter the most barren mountainous areas. They gathered at the edge of the mountains with their own soldiers and the Janissaries, still hoping to get supplies from the farms and rivers on the outskirts of the mountains. So this kind of irresolute guerrilla warfare was quickly defeated by Li Zhi's samurai army.

A 170,000-strong samurai army rushed into the mountains of Nande with the most advanced weapons, and defeated more than 100,000 European nobles and Janissaries in just one month. After all, the most advanced of these European Janissaries and pro-soldiers was only the Mini rifle, while the samurai army charged through the mountains and forests with shotguns and mortars that could fire continuously.

The samurai were also fatal in battle, and they were completely defeated by the advanced weapons.

The princes and nobles of the highest echelons of Europe were almost wiped out by Li Zhi in western Nuremberg in southern Germany. And today, Li Zhi can meet these captives.

Soon, Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng walked into the hall. Behind the two of them, King Felipe IV of Spain was escorted into the hall.

The king of this Western European country was dressed in tatters, and apparently had an embarrassing escape before being captured. Seeing Li Zhi's back, Felipe IV immediately understood that this person was the Chinese emperor who could decide his life and death, and subconsciously trembled. But he seemed to have a stubbornness and conceit, although he was scared to death, but he stood with trembling legs, unwilling to kneel behind Li Zhi.

Zhong Feng looked at him, snorted coldly, and asked the soldiers to escort him aside to wait.

The rulers of the Italian city-states, the grand dukes, the marquises, the Austrian emperors, and the kings of the countries entered the hall one by one, and stood at the bottom of the hall with a disgraced face. Some of these men were captured at Nuremberg, some were caught elsewhere, but most were captured while fleeing—the European aristocracy agreed that Li Zhi would exterminate them.

The scene in the hall is comical, the contrast between the opulent palaces and the ragged costumes of the nobles, the top nobles of Europe are as tattered as their clothes.

The men gathered more and more in the hall, and at last there were more than a hundred.

The last to stumble in were King Louis XIV of France and Queen Christina of Sweden.

Louis XIV had a blue nose and swollen face, a scar on the left side of his face, and a black circle under his right eye, as if he had been beaten by the warriors who had captured him. His right foot was injured and he was limping, making it very difficult for him to walk. But the blonde Christina was very calm, and she gently supported the eighteen-year-old boy king, as if she was ready to walk to the execution ground with the proud boy king.

The two walked slowly forward under the watchful eye of the soldier and stood in the corner of the hall, as if they didn't want to attract Li Zhi's attention.

After these two entered the hall, the nobles of Europe were basically united. With the exception of the Russian Tsar, who had abandoned Moscow and fled to Siberia, who had not yet been captured, almost all the other European rulers stood here.

Zhong Feng walked behind Li Zhi and whispered, "Holy Lord, the captives have all been brought here. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he took his gaze back from the mural on the wall.

He turned and glanced at his captives.

There were some nobles who were still stubborn at this time, although there were not many of them. A Swiss count looked calm, and even raised his chin high. That seems to be saying that Li Zhi's victory depends on advanced weapons, and he can't win by force.

Of course, most people are afraid of death. was glanced at by Li Zhi, and most of the princes and nobles in the hall couldn't stand it. Some nobles with weak personalities knelt on the ground when they pounced, and their bodies fell to the ground and could not afford to prostrate themselves. One of the counts of Hungary was even frightened and suddenly incontinent, and slipped out of the splendid Persian carpet.

Li Zhi looked at these nobles for a while and smiled.

"In order to meet you, in order to solve the European problem once and for all, I have been in Europe for more than a year. I don't know if my crown prince has made any mistakes in managing Daqi with the assistance of the prime minister and the cabinet. ”

Zheng Kaicheng waved at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, Your Majesty should indeed go back to the capital." The emissaries of Persia and Ottoman Turkey had been waiting in Beijing for a long time, hoping to discuss the terms of surrender with His Majesty. Leave the affairs of Europe to your subordinates! ”

Li Zhi glanced at Zheng Kaicheng, did not speak, and looked at the nobles of Europe again.

Smiling, Li Zhi said, "You don't need to be afraid. ”

"We have different positions and different nationalities, and it is normal for us to fight each other for the interests of the country. Actually, I'm not going to shoot you all. ”nt

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